This week my son Kaden was eating pancakes and said, "Mommy, why can't I have margarine." My normal response that sounds like a broken record is, "Because you have food allergies" and I leave it there.
But, he just seemed so upset that he couldn't be like others. So, I got up from the table and walked over to the kitchen counter and got a banana and said, "Kaden, try a banana on your pancakes. The color looks alot like margarine." I sliced it very thinly and he put syrup on the banana on top of the pancake. He ate his first pancake. Then, continued on to his second one - this time slicing the banana himself. It changed his heart and mine from pity to thinking outside the box.
... Food allergies aren't easy, but you can do it! ... and happily!
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